Red Cross community support worker Patricia Macdonald drives her red VW Polo down Dunabban Road, Inverness, every day with her 13-year-old bearded collie, Jack.

She said: “I come down this road about four times a day with my poor dog in the car and it’s horrendous. I’ve been using the road for about four years and it’s just got worse.

“It used to be you could avoid the potholes, but you can’t any more. They’ve definitely got to do something.

“I drive all around and there are some other bad streets – but this is the worst.”

In all, there are more than100 potholes of varying size and depth over about 75 yards including one gouge almost as long as a nearby Mazda CX-3. The residential street is not far from Merkinch Primary School.

Ms Macdonald’s colleague Miriam MacDonald has a new blue Peugeot 308. She said: “It’s a nightmare. But we need our cars for our work, and we have to come through this way. You’ve got to slow right down – you just can’t avoid them.”